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SYRIA: Recent weeks see crackdown on opposition figures
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DAMASCUS, 23 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - The Syrian Human Rights Organisation (SHRO) condemned the arrest of several opposition figures in Damascus earlier this week. Full report
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SYRIA: Domestic opposition gaining strength, but still facing pressures
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DAMASCUS, 22 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - In 2001, then Member of Parliament Riad Seif accused the regime of corruption after a lucrative mobile-phone contract was awarded to a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad. The MP's accusation represented the high-water mark of the so-called “Damascus Spring”, the brief thaw in Syrian political life that followed al-Assad's assumption of power.Full report
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SYRIA: Women’s rights activists face resistance
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DAMASCUS, 21 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - When Sabah’s husband left her in Syria and returned to his native Saudi Arabia, he didn’t just leave his teenage daughter without a father. He also left her without a nationality.Full report
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SYRIA: Women's group to provide assistance to female divorcees
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DAMASCUS, 19 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - A local NGO has launched a programme aimed at finding shelter and jobs for ostracised divorced women in an effort to help them cope with the travails of single life. Full report
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LEBANON-SYRIA: Damascus welcomes new report on Hariri killing
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DAMASCUS, 16 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - The Syrian government welcomed an initial report by UN investigator Serge Brammertz, which found that Damascus had cooperated over the last three months with the inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Full report
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SYRIA: Human rights activist released after brief detention
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DAMASCUS, 16 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - A human rights activist, arrested four days ago after attending political conferences in Washington and Paris, was released on Wednesday. Full report
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SYRIA: Kurds detained after protest on anniversary of clash
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DAMASCUS, 15 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Security forces detained human rights activists and a former opposition MP following demonstrations on 14 March marking the anniversary of deadly clashes between Kurds and Syrian security officials in 2004, according to protest participants.Full report
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SYRIA: Democracy activists beaten by students
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DAMASCUS, 9 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Democracy activists condemned the violent break up of a peaceful demonstration against the country's emergency laws by a crowd of several hundred pro-government students on Thursday.Full report
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SYRIA: Journalist arrest part of intimidation campaign, says rights lawyer
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DAMASCUS, 7 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - A leading Syrian human rights lawyer condemned the recent arrest of a Syrian reporter working for a Lebanese newspaper, saying the move was part of a wider crackdown. Full report
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SYRIA: Activists slam closure of human rights centre
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DAMASCUS, 5 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Activists have slammed a government decision to close the country’s first human rights centre, which opened in mid-February with support from the European Union (EU). Full report
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